OU Kosher Staff

Checking Fruits and Vegetables

An ASK OU Skype Shiur to Kollel Beth HaTalmud in Melbourne, Australia Introduction by — Rabbi Yosef Grossman Presented by – Rabbi Issar Mordechai Fuchs

Rope Walker, the Legend

Rabbi Ranaan Broderick RFR, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska Wellington, Kansas. Established: April 4, 1871. Location: Exit 19 on Interstate 35. Population: 8,172. Largest and most attended venue: Wal-Mart. Some people drive right by the interstate exit, without even noticing it. It would be a mere one of 627 incorporated cities in the great state […]

Special Kashrus Event in Toronto, Canada

Harry H. Beren/COR ASK OU Outreach Special Kashrus Event in Toronto, ONT. Canada. Introductions by: Rabbi Zvi Heber, COR and Rabbi Yosef Grossman, OU Kosher Presenter – Rabbi Moshe Elefant, OU Kosher The Integrity of Kosher Meat after the Los Angeles Meat Scandal

Rabbi Juravel Webinar: Inspecting a Whey Plant

A recorded webcast of Rabbi Juravel from OU Headquarters on October 11th, 2013.

Rav Belsky Shlita’s Shiur on Hilchos Treifos

Rav Belsky Shlita’s Shiur on Hilchos Treifos given to Bnei Kollel of BMG Lakewood. Oct. 27, 2013–10–28

Quinoa Is Kosher For Passover Bearing The OU-P Symbol

Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of OU Kosher, announced today that quinoa, the grain-like seed grown in South America, is Kosher for Passover when processed with special OU Passover supervision and bearing the OU-P symbol. His statement is as follows: “It is only recently that quinoa has become popular outside of its high-altitude growing area in […]

Ohr Chana High School of Rego Park comes to OU Headquarters

The Ohr Chana High School of Rego Park participated in a Harry H. Beren ASK OU – VISIT OU program at OU headquarters accompanied by their teacher Rabbi Meir Leibowitz a talmid of Rabbi Genack.  Rabbi Leibowitz can be seen on the picture below second from the right. Rabbi Genack addressed the students discussing general […]

About ASK OU

As the leader in worldwide kosher certification, the Orthodox Union takes additional steps to serve as a leader in educating the public in matters of kosher law. Over the past several years, OU Kosher, in partnership with the Harry H. Beren Foundation of New Jersey, has developed numerous kashrus educational programs for the benefit of […]

Outreach Program Returns With Presentations

The Harry H. Beren ASK OU Kashrus OUTREACH Program and Congregation Bais Torah of Suffern will present a “Special Community Kashrus Event,” Motza’ei Shabbat, December 7, Parshat Vayigash, beginning at 8:30 p.m. Rabbi Yosef Grossman, Senior Educational Rabbinic Coordinator and OU Director of Kosher Education coordinated the program and will serve as MC. The program […]

Kashrus Status of Wonder Bread Products

The Orthodox Union is now certifying Wonder Bread products in certain (but not all) regions of the USA.  Wonder Bread products that are certified by the Orthodox Union bear the OU symbol.  Wonder Bread products that do not bear the OU symbol are not certified by the Orthodox Union.